ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN'> <html><head><title>535819-00052.htm</title> <meta name='vs_defaultClientScript' content='JavaScript'> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name='vs_targetSchema' content='http://schemas.microsoft.com/intellisense/ie3-2nav3-0'> <meta name='Originator' content='CommentWorks'></head><body><Table> <tr><td><b>Comment Number: </b></td><td>535819-00052</td></tr> <tr><td><b>Received: </b></td><td>5/13/2008 9:10:18 PM</td></tr> <tr><td><b>Organization: </b></td><td></td></tr> <tr><td><b>Commenter: </b></td><td>D. Church</td></tr> <tr><td><b>State: </b></td><td>CO</td></tr> <tr><td><b>Agency: </b></td><td>Federal Trade Commission</td></tr> <tr><td><b>Rule: </b></td><td>Prohibitions On Market Manipulation and False Information in Subtitle B of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 </td></tr> <tr><td>No Attachments</tr></Table> <hr><P><b>Comments:</b></p>I don't know much about the stock market, the economy or how most governments are ran. But, I do have enough common sense to question the dramatic increase in gas prices. I wonder why we are told that there is a greater demand even with the introduction of Ethanol and hybrid vehicles and with more and more numbers of people cutting back. I wonder why an oil company can show a quarter profit of 76 BILLION dollars and it's practices not questioned. I wonder why an astounding increase in China's oil use should affect the people of the United States. I understand you are looking for SOLUTIONS. Again, I'm just an ordinary person who doesn't know the details of a lot of things, but my solutions seem fairly simple. Take care of the people of the United States. Limit the volume of exported oil. Place a cap on oil company profits. Ensure that our top government officials are not profiting from supporting the oil companies. I think supporting just ONE of my solutions would have a positive impact on our economy. Thank you for allowing our input on such an important matter! </body></html>